Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Because the state's biennial budget cut the total taxes Elmbrook Schools can collect, district taxpayers will see savings.
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- Lisa Sink
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The state budget's 5.5 percent cut in public schools' revenue authority will save the owner of the average valued home in Brookfield about $220 in property taxes, the city's finance director said Tuesday. Because the Elmbrook School District receives the vast majority of its revenue from taxes, the state's 5.5 percent lowering of school revenue caps actually translated to a 7.2 percent cut in the taxes collected by Elmbrook. On December property tax bills, Elmbrook will levy a total of about $59.6 million, down about 7.2 percent from the approximately $64.2 million in taxes collected the previous year, according to figures city Finance Director Robert Scott supplied to Brookfield aldermen Tuesday. Aldermen unanimously approved the 2012 …
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Also in the week ahead, U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner will hold a town hall meeting Sunday and Brookfield Academy hosts the play "The Nerd."
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Mayor Steve Ponto is recommending the city's property tax rate increase by 5 cents per $1,000 in assessed home value.
Brookfield Mayor Steven Ponto presented a $63.8 million budget for 2012 on Thursday, with a 1.8 percent increase in general fund spending and a 0.92 percent increase in the total property taxes collected for city government. The tax levy increase is just under the state allowable levy limit of 1 percent based on new city construction and growth. The tax rate would increase by 5 cents per $1,000 in assessed value. Ponto acknowledged the economic challenges the city faced for 2012 but described the budget as continuing “the City’s long-standing tradition of balancing financial responsibility, with providing premier quality public services for our citizens. The mayor's budget was introduced during a special Finance Committee meeting Thursday …
Big Pete
11:33 pm on Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Yippee if I own a $335,000 house I get enough to buy another gun. Who cares if they closed my neighborhood school and my kids have to ride the bus past the school they went to for 4 years. That's a cool $18 a month. Well worth it my kids are spoiled anyways. more ›